Jung and Analytic Psychology (1).docx

October 1 , 2012
Psych 2B03: Theories of Personality
Jung and Analytic Psychology (1)
Phobias
- displacement and reaction formation
- limited objects to which we have phobias
Criticism for Psychoanalysis
- empirical scientific criticism: kind of data he collected
 freud sample of individuals was not representative of the population
at large, primarily young Jewish females
 freud’s sample was of psychological patients
 we can’t go back and check his data
 validated his theory by using his theory, we don’t know if the method
is valid
 does psychoanalysis actually work for people
 not good at predicting what an individual will do, better at explaining
post-behaviour
 difficult to generate testable hypotheses
 constructs of Freud’s theory are difficult to measure
- philosophical criticism
 Freud’s emphasis on sexuality and aggression, there must be more to
our motivations
 Emphasis on the unconscious
 Pessimistic about human nature
Jung and Analytic Psychology
- grew up in heavily religious family
- parents did not get along very well
- Jung had a troubled relationship with his mother, very ambiguous, fearful
- Retreat into fantasies
- Studied under Boyler
- Jung developed methodology: word association test
- Argued that libido was not purely sexual
- Interested in spirituality
- All human beings share a common piece of the unconscious, common stories
- Robertson davies
Jung’s Psych – active
- libido is a more general life force, not just about sex and aggression, it’s about
everything that enhances our lives
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